Notes on Translation
The electronic translation service on the York Region District School Board's website is hosted by Google Translate. The quality of the translation will vary in some of the languages offered by Google. Google Translate is a free service and currently offers translation in over 50 languages, although an impressive number, this does not capture all languages or dialects. The basic translation’s goal is to capture the general intention of the original English material.

The York Region District School Board does not guarantee the quality, accuracy or completeness of any translated information. Before you act on translated information, the Board encourages you to confirm any facts that are important to you and affect any decisions you may make.

The York Region District School Board is committed to parent, family and community engagement, and it is our hope that by providing this tool on our website that we are making our information more accessible to families whose first language is not English and thereby enabling better engagement in public education.

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Please be aware that construction is again taking place adjacent to the school. We remind our students that they need to stay off these new properties, and the newly constructed streets. These construction sites are private property and, as active construction sites, can be hazardous to those who are not familiar with the location. Thank you for your co-operation in this area.

Regularly we remind our parent community to please pick up and drop off their student in the North parking lot or along the layby on Lawford. Recently we have experienced a very high volume of traffic in our driveway/bus lane at the South end of the school. We are concerned that this volume of traffic is creating a hazard for our students walking to and from the school, and interfering with emergency response vehicles accessing the South entrance to the school. Please do not use the staff parking area either at the front of the school or at the rear of the school. We appreciate your support in keeping our school a safe area for our students.

​Our school uses an electronic marks platform called TeachAssist. The attachment below provides an explanation for parents about how to gain access to this platform.

As of September 2016, TDSS will be implementing a 1:1 (Bring Your Own Device) program. Our intention is to empower all of our students in Modern Learning spaces by embedding the use of technology in all curriculum areas to improve Critical Inquiry and Learning Skills.

Tommy Douglas S.S. uses the School Cash Online system. This process has been piloted and subsequently implemented in many YRDSB schools. It will allow parents and students the option of paying fees and making school purchases using a credit card or a debit card.

To contact us please call 289-342-0001 and one of our staff will be pleased to assist you.

Our office hours are: Monday - Friday 7:30 am - 4:00 pm.

School Council Meetings are held seven times over the school year on Wednesday evenings in our Library Learning Commons. The minutes for our School Council meetings can be found under the School Council tab of this website.